and the government is also building houses for them. now we have the area but the need at the moment is apartments in that area. we need the investment. >> reporter: he refuted allegations alleged by the united states and some other western countries that government forces committed human rights abuses at the end of the civil war. >> they should have taken -- without doing all that. they're just issue a report, one-sided, biased report i would say. >> reporter: rajapaksa said a government committee is continuing to investigate the allegations. the world will be watching the efforts of the rebuilding after a long and bitter civil war. nhk world. >> and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm cholaphansa narula in bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers struggling, citizens demanding democracy. get news live fron bangkok. >>> hi, it's been a beautiful day today, also here in tokyo, we have not missed out on the sunshine. 25 degrees today, that's what we normally see in may, not march. tomorrow it will be a different story. this was the scene today,